roundtable: Re: Defense Info. Systems Agency Savings Thousands via Internet

roundtable: Re: Defense Info. Systems Agency Savings Thousands via Internet

Re: Defense Info. Systems Agency Savings Thousands via Internet

Steven Siehr (SSIEHR@macc.wisc.edu)
Wed, 25 Jan 95 20:50 CDT 

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Date: Wed, 25 Jan 95 20:50 CDT
From: Steven Siehr <SSIEHR@macc.wisc.edu>
Subject: Re: Defense Info. Systems Agency Savings Thousands via Internet
To: roundtable@cni.org

 
>From:    IN%"roundtable@cni.org"
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>Subject: Defense Info. Systems Agency Savings Thousands via Internet
>
>
>The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Joint Interoperability
>and Engineering Organization (JIEO) Center for Standards (CFS)
>Automation and Modernization Division has established an open
>systems-based bulletin board system (BBS) accessible via dial-in
>(commercial, DSN, and 1-800) and the internet (anonymous ftp, www home
>page, and telnet).
>
>Although the BBS was originally created to disseminate Information
>Technology (IT) standards to the DoD community, it has become a
>vehicle for many other organizations as well.  Rather than half a
>dozen organizations spend $150K-$250K per year to maintain their own
>UNIX-based systems, we maintain one system and allow other
>organizations to utilize our excess storage and processing capacity.
>
>I believe this is one example of effective government.  Many of our
>"customers" have let us know that they would not have been able to
>accomplish thier objectives on their budget without the use of our
>system and services.
>
>You are welcome to visit us at http://www.itsi.disa.mil
>
>R. Blake Newman
><newmanb@cc.ims.disa.mil>

 
Steve Siehr
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